Park Tool TS-8 Truing Stand Review
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Here is a basic overview of the Park Tool TS-8 truing stand. It´s a handy and affordable tool for building your own wheels. Even though the design is simple you can still make perfectly true and good wheels with it. However, in stock condition, the stand is not as user friendly as it could easily be. Therefore I modified it a little and added a small adjustment knob for easier horizontal adjustment while truing. This improves the performance of the stand greatly.
Great tips, thanks! Another quick hack for this truing stand is to replace the gauge-block retaining screw with a seat-clamp QR: this makes is much easier to move the gauge vertically and lock it. Also, the original knurled nut from the QR can be added to the the hub-width adjustment set screw, making that adjustment easier (it has a different thread pitch, so just force it on and is tightly held in place).
Thanks for sharing your experience with this stand. Very informative review.
Thanks! Glad to hear you liked it.
What is the part no. Or name to the thru axle adapter?
Clever!
great hack, thanks for sharing. I'd like to see the modification in more detail.
Thanks for the excellent overview. I am thinking of buying one and this helped me to decide.
The modification looks like a good idea also. I will try that.
Great video!
This was very informative, thanks.
Thanks for the review, great info and good idea for the modification
I was looking at buying this stand and this video helps with my decision. Right now I use an old set of forks with zip ties ... effective but I would like to upgrade obviously.
Can you review the modification in more detail.
Good man for posting this very informative video.
Nice review and explanation .. excellent mod too.
Nice video! Even after 5 years this review is still very helpful. What other tools do you think are must or very helpful when building a set of wheels? Aside from the current spoke wrench and lubricant. Do you find it a must have to use a tension meter for the spokes? I will be building a high end wheel on my XC bike and want to do a good job as I will be riding several hundred miles a week.
A "Descent wheel"?! come on, it's virtually perfect.
But then again, not only did you build a perfect wheel, you improved the the measuring tool in the process.
Park tool did not want this relatively cheap truing stand to be that accurate...
I’m still trying to figure out your modification...
Thank you!
thank you!
just received mine today.... when i seat the wheels on the hooks, the wheel seats croocked? wtf
Which brand and model is the rim?
It's a DT Swiss BR 710 26" fatbike rim.
Do you think dropping $100 on this pays off eventually? I want it, but I suck at truing rims... but I want to get better
Kolob Canyon
I think it all depends on how much use you will have for it. I have now built up a few more wheels after the fat bike wheelset here on the video, and I am getting good results. The fat bike wheelset has held up very well!
Once you understand the basic principles of how to build a wheel, it becomes fairly easy to build a good set of wheels. Of course a good truing stand is a big help. Without the modification I made to the stand, this stand is a little annoying to work with, though.
@E-Bike Commuter, I absolutely love the small adjustment know you added! I don't have the skills or tools to make one of those. Could I pay you to make one for me?
So you built the wheel all by yourself? I imagine it to be incredibly difficult, especially truing.
Yes, I did. It's actually not that difficult. A good truing stand is very helpful. I find it most challenging to measure your hub and rim accurately and use this information in a spoke calculator to determine proper spoke lengths. Also to learn how to lace the rime takes some learning. I have found Sheldon Brown's web site very helpful for this. The truing part I find is actually the easiest. All the hard work is done when you are there. As long as you apply even tension to the spokes, you will end up with a nice and true wheel.
Thanks for the detailed feedback. Aren't there standard dimensions for the hub width which would then determine the required spoke lengths? Truing to me seems like a lot of trial and error, so I just prefer disc brakes because they are not affected by an untrue wheel.
Robert Wetzel
I don't there are standards other than in axle width, thickness and way to attach them to the frame. Almost every hub model is a little different when it comes to flange diameter and distance to center.
E-Bike Commuter Oh, of course, I didn't think of the flange. Just concluded from axle width to overall dimensions.
Will the fat bike be electric as well? Are you going to use a hub motor?
Thank you interesting and why do you require it so accurate? are do over 100 mph. good video thanks and nice to see a video without a load of crap music.
Actually that accurate is important on any wheel but especially on a fat bike rim with such a big tire. If it spins even at slow speed it is such a big foot-print that it can have a larger wobble affect in the balance of the bike.